posted on December 24, 2000 06:56:56 AM
"Any original material you create, with few exceptions, is copyrighted to you as soon as it is in tangible form. Being posted on the internet has no effect on the copyright.'
And that's exactly why Disney and a few other Grinch-type studios have shut down innocent, not marketing anything fan based web sites for their copyrighted shows.
posted on December 25, 2000 09:31:14 PM
<< I recently found a site that has free javascript downloads for different things and one of them is called "NO RIGHT CLICK"...>>
Be sure it's not the one that can be circumvented by simply clicking both the right and left buttons at the same time.
...casey ~
:::who's successfully had three infringing sites shut down...NOW dealing with an offline matter::: ~
...all the while trying to remember, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"...SHEESH!! Ü
posted on December 26, 2000 04:37:10 AM
The "no right click" doesn't work either. All the person has to do is hit the "save as" command, and save the entire file to the drive. If you're using Win 98, the file is even broken down in to text html files and 'jpg's.
posted on December 26, 2000 09:17:37 AM
Is there anyway to totally stop someone from doing that even saveas? And I know its still possible to use a screen captuer program (allthough I dont think too many people have those).
posted on December 26, 2000 10:01:36 AM
ed123 ... I am sure some PC geek could figure out a way to prevent lookers from using the 'save as' feature when checking your auctions, but it would also probably screw up their system and get you and them into trouble with Bill Gates et al.
As to screen capture programs ... if any of those few people who don't have one of these neat little utilities want to explore what they can do, go to ZDNet or any other 'free download' site. There are hundreds of free screen capture programs available, and many will allow you to do all kinds of wonderful things with a captured screen image, including using the capture as "proof" when arguing a case with eBay
posted on December 26, 2000 10:07:55 AM
Me using someone else capturing it as proof? How would that work because once they make the capture they can make a new jpeg out of it, right?
posted on December 26, 2000 11:05:15 AM
Until they come out with a browser that prohibits any saving capability of pages viewed, there is nothing you can do.
Many people think that viewing Web pages is like viewing a TV broadcast- it is not.
What happens when you call up a page is your system browser sends a signal to "send me the data listed for this page", that signal also includes a return addres of where to send the data.
The data is sent to your PC and displayed. Under a strict and archaic copyright interpretation, every page view is a "copy" of the content of that page. You may choose to permanently save the information on your PC, in any event the information remains in a "temp" file for a designated period of time on your PC. Hence "viewing" a page is in essence coping a page to your PC.
So, every time a web page is called up on your PC, your system displays and stores a "copy" of all the data of that page.
posted on December 26, 2000 11:32:16 AM
There are internet services out there who can encrypt coding into the code that makes a digital photograph, or diverts the computer to "copy" an alt image instead of the intended target. You can download the image, but if you try and use it elsewhere, the company's logo and/or warning is generated by the image file.
The reason I know this is because it happened to me when I downloaded my own images stored on a host server. I then uploaded the images to another host, but when the image was to appear, the warning and logo of the other host appeared instead!
We need a computer geek that knows how to do this!
posted on December 26, 2000 11:41:56 AM
ed123 -- no, I don't mean that these screen capture programs will help you in your plight, only that contrary to popular belief, many, many people have these utilities on their PC's.
I sincerly emphasize with you folks who sell photographs. Short of plastering your copyright all over the posted image, thus turning off potential buyers, I don't have an answer for you. I hope you guys can figure out something to eliminate people pirating your stuff
posted on December 26, 2000 11:42:10 AM
That same "geek" knows how to do that fix knows how to un-do that fix. Anything that can be programed in can be programmed out.
What content protectors are hoping is that the average Joe will think the fix can not be undone. If a 17 year old can undo the DVD anti-piracy fix and spread it all over the net in a matter of hours, a graphic anti-piracy fix will meet the same fate.
[ edited by reamond on Dec 26, 2000 11:45 AM ]
posted on December 26, 2000 03:50:11 PM
And thats good enough to reg as a vero? So If someone else modifies my text, how much do they have to do that to go and say it's thier own...There seem to be no standards here...just like Florida!
posted on December 26, 2000 04:16:26 PM
There are "standards", but you have to go to court to realize them. Copyright or any other civil law wasn't meant for people with average incomes.
Even if you find that someone has infringed on your copyright, 2 things must be met before you can do anything.
First, what every law student learns, don't sue people who don't have a lot of money, because even if you win you lose. So whoever may infringe on your work better have some money to get. Even if you spend the money to get an injunction, it will cost as much as you may make on eBay in a year.
Second, you better have some money, because until or if you win a judgement, you must pay for moving the suit yourself.
An outfit like Microsoft can even be wrong about a vero action, but have the money and lawyers to make the outcome such that even if you win you lose.
Our legal system, just like our political system, is just an arm of our economic system. Them that "gots" "gets", them that don't "gots" don't "gets".
